Paper-delivering tip



(No Model.)

L. M. MOORES. PAPER DELIVERING HP.

No. 471,221. Patented Mar. 22, 1892.

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PAPER-DELIVERING TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,221, dated March22, 1892.

Application filed October '7, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEVI M. MOORES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Curtis, in the county of Frontier and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Paper-Delivering Tip, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to printing, and more particularly to devices forassisting the pressman in taking printed sheets off of a j obprintingpress; and it has for its object to provide a device of this characterwhich will be simple in construction,durable,and inexpensive, and anarticle which will greatly facilitate the removal of the sheets from theplaten of the press and allow the fingers of the hand to be easilyslipped under the edge of the sheet, so that a secure hold may be hadupon the same without soiling the sheet or wrinkling the same.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction of a finger-tip for the purposes described, which willbehereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lefthand of a person having a paper-delivering tip'upon the forefingerconstructed inaccordanc'e with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe blank from which the tip is formed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents a blank ofspring orother metal that is designed to be formed into a shape to conform to theend of the forefinger of the left hand, said blank being provided withthe opposite clamping wings or jaws a, that are designed to be curvedtoward each other to form a tip, the clamping-wings of which clamparound the ball of the finger and are adjustable upon any size finger,and said blank is further provided with a rounded projecting point 7),extending from between said wings Serial No. 408,004. (No model.)

and projecting from the back of the finger beyond the end thereof, sothat as the platen of the press is drawn from the type said projectingpoint may be readily slipped beneath the edge of the printed sheet, andthus allows the fingers to secure a hold upon it without soiling orwrinkling the sheet, and also renders its removal from the platen sureand certain, while the press may be readily fed with the other hand. Thesides of the projecting point I) meet the opposite Wings or jaws ininwardly-inclined or beveled edges, as clearly illustrated in thedrawings, so that the sheet caught up by the projecting point will rideevenly over said inclined or beveled edges onto the fingers, and thuspermit the same to be readily grasped. The construction and use of thefinger-tip for delivering printed sheets from a press is thought to beapparent without further description.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A finger-tip for delivering sheets from a printing-press, the samecomprising a metal fingers of the hand,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEVI M. MOORES.

Witnesses:

D. W. ELLIS, D. R. OALLAHAN.

